Bush was naturalizing citizens in Monticello, today. AP reports:
Anti-war protesters shouted out calls for Bush’s impeachment on nine occasions during Bush’s brief remarks, and the president responded by saying he agrees that “we believe in free speech in the United States of America” [...]
The last six Fourth of July holidays have taken place amid [...]
SIGH — another report from a respected environmental institution lambasting Canada for its atrocious and morally/legally defiant climate performance. I tire of reading them, but find this one an especially good summary of our collective shame.
Leading up to next weeks’ G8 summit in Japan, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has released a report examining the [...]
San Diego Country isn’t happy with the McCain family. Turns out, one of the many trusts that administers one of their seven homes hasn’t paid taxes in four years. McCain’s trust scrambled to pay nearly all of the outstanding debt to the county. $1,742 of a total $6,744.42 remains.
If that seems like an [...]
The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) made history today by overturning the US$2.5 billion in punitive damages granted to the victims of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster. It was, they determined, excessive — and therefore reduced to US$507 million. Remember, too, that the US$2.5 billion was about half of the US$ 4 billion that [...]
The Tories have been in full swing demonizing the Liberal Green Shift plan. Liberals rebutted last week with an official launch and media campaign.
Choices each party have made reveal much about their perspectives on Canada and Canadians.
The Tories, apparently, think Canadians are ignorant five-year olds on a Sunday morning. Comparing the two spots, the Conservative [...]
Hate pervades Calgary.
Or at least compared to the national average. So says Statistics Canada in a new report.
They provided some facts on the state of hate and violence in Canada:
Among the 220 hate crimes reported by police to be motivated by religion, offences against the Jewish faith were the most common, accounting for [...]
Very neat conversation happening over at reddit. I couldn’t agree more that there is an increasing information gap (not necessarily a “knowledge” gap, of course) emerging between the connected and the not. I’m sure several readers will immediately relate to the sentiment of the graphic.
smackywentz commented:
We were at a restaurant last night, and by ‘we’ [...]
The disgusting and criminally irresponsible liars at the Heartland Institute are finding their sinewy nest of lies collapsing beneath them.
A notorious list published by the institute listing 500 scientists with doubts about global warming turns out to be fake. After DeSmogBlog — a blog focused on exposing dishonest corporate-political PR on global warming — [...]
Never one to be unprepared for unthinkable and grotesque disaster, the Tokyo Fire Department is now using a robotic body collector.
“Robokiyu the Rescue Robot” is seen below in a demonstration of its cadaver collection skills, allowing corpses to be collected and transported from disaster sites.
Having just finished Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine I immediately began [...]
The Real News has been talking about “clean coal” a lot. So has Canada’s Old Government and their industry supporters. The most recent federal budget included huge dollars for “clean coal” and carbon capture and sequestration (CCS).
With what little I know and understand about CCS, I’m under the impression that it’s worthwhile and positive [...]
